Gordon Bos wrote: > That would be the first thought. Both MMC and the full size SD cards > have the write inhibit switch. Only problem is that I don't know of any > card reader that allows booting from the inserted flash memory. > > So to us this you'd need one of those IDE to CF adapters and then insert > a CF to SD adapter. That would make the SD memory act like it's an IDE > disk. For a stand-alone solution this would probably be the best way to > do it. > > Myself I use a CDRW to boot from and currently still have a floppy drive > attached to store changes. From time to time I rewrite the CDRW with the > new config files from the floppydisk. I hardly make any changes anymore > though and the next change will probably be switching over to PXE boot. > > Gordon Gordon, I agree that an USB-stick with write-lock switch is the best solution. I am, however, not so afraid for intrusion.If somebody want to access this USB stck (for what?) he has to mount something he doesn't know to exist, guessing the password, all through a firewall. I think it requires a very dedicated and determined hacker! Moreover, to reach the rest of the network he needs to guess the ssh-passwords and keys and guess the ports (I use internally not the standard ssh-ports). Moreover, on the firewall no sensitive data are present. I have thought about encrypting all files which contain "sensitive" (personal) information, but my paranoia doesn't go that far! I have thought also about the CDRW route but I find it too cumbersome and the CDR of the system (a 12 year old K8) is already long gone. Joep
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